{"id":89159,"date":"2026-07-13T15:41:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/france-to-summon-russias-ambassador-over-sabotage-and-espionage-in-a-dozen-european-countries\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T15:41:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:41:57","slug":"france-to-summon-russias-ambassador-over-sabotage-and-espionage-in-a-dozen-european-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/france-to-summon-russias-ambassador-over-sabotage-and-espionage-in-a-dozen-european-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"France to summon Russia&#8217;s ambassador over &#8220;sabotage and espionage in a dozen European countries&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>France&#8217;s foreign minister said Monday that Russia&#8217;s ambassador in Paris would be summoned over &#8220;a vast cyber campaign&#8221; across Europe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will also impose sanctions on nine individuals and four entities responsible for this cyber campaign, which was orchestrated by the FSB,&#8221; Russia&#8217;s primary national intelligence and security service, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, said in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfmtv.com\/international\/jean-noel-barrot-annonce-convoquer-l-ambassadeur-de-russie-en-france-dans-les-prochains-jours_AN-202607130227.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BFMTV\/RMC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He made the announcement as the European Union and United Kingdom announced similar sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian attacks, which allegedly targeted companies, government ministries and service operators, were attempts at &#8220;sabotage and espionage in a dozen European countries,&#8221; Barrot said.<\/p>\n<p>The goal was either &#8220;capturing information or sabotaging operations, for example rail infrastructure, as was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/poland-says-russia-likely-behind-railway-sabotage-attack\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">the case in Poland<\/a><\/span>,&#8221; he said. Poland&#8217;s top diplomat accused Russia of an &#8220;act of state terror&#8221; in November last year after two Ukrainian nationals allegedly working closely with Russian secret services were accused of blowing up a railway line in the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/13\/f51e460e-2b3a-4b89-94a2-79a8583ed1e0\/thumbnail\/620x414\/e6947fbe30fb4831672a9ec8b0f01cb7\/poland-railway-sabotage-russia-2246580576.jpg#\" alt=\"POLAND-UKRAINE-RUSSIA-POLITICS-DEFENCE-CONFLICT-TRANSPORT \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/13\/f51e460e-2b3a-4b89-94a2-79a8583ed1e0\/thumbnail\/620x414\/e6947fbe30fb4831672a9ec8b0f01cb7\/poland-railway-sabotage-russia-2246580576.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/13\/f51e460e-2b3a-4b89-94a2-79a8583ed1e0\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/7c55e494d847fcf457cc83c4f658209b\/poland-railway-sabotage-russia-2246580576.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Police cars are seen close to railways damaged in an explosion in Mika, next to Garwolin, central Poland, after the line was targeted in a sabotage attack, Nov. 17, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Wojtek RADWANSKI\/AFP\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Barrot said Monday that France was able to &#8220;detect these attacks,&#8221; having &#8220;significantly strengthened our defenses against these cyber attacks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The EU denounced &#8220;Russia&#8217;s malicious cyber ecosystem&#8221; on Monday, meanwhile, for targeting the bloc and its member countries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consilium.europa.eu\/de\/press\/press-releases\/2026\/07\/13\/cyber-russia-statement-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-european-union-denouncing-russia-s-malicious-cyber-ecosystem-targeting-the-eu-its-member-states-and-international-partners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>, the EU condemned Russia for the &#8220;leveraging of a cyber ecosystem encompassing state and non-state actors, ranging from intelligence services to cybercriminals groups, hacktivists and private companies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The EU accused the FSB of controlling a &#8220;variety of cyber threat groups&#8221; and said its activities included &#8220;infiltration of governmental networks and sabotage of critical infrastructure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>France, Germany, Poland, Cyprus, the Netherlands, Austria, Slovakia, Romania and Finland have been targeted, among other nations, causing &#8220;disruptions and financial losses,&#8221; the bloc said.<\/p>\n<p>The EU said it was sanctioning nine individuals and four entities, including officers with the Russian military intelligence agency GRU, &#8220;as well as cybercriminals, self-proclaimed hacktivists and private companies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The U.K. government said it was sanctioning 24 individuals and entities for &#8220;cyber and hybrid operations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The new measures and accusations came as France prepared to host a summit of the &#8220;Coalition of the Willing&#8221; \u2013 a group of Ukraine&#8217;s allies \u2013 in Paris on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the group &#8220;a coalition of warmongers,&#8221; adding: &#8220;These are the countries that are undertaking hostile actions against Russia, so we will be watching very closely.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In April, Sweden revealed it had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2026\/04\/15\/sweden-foiled-pro-russian-cyberattack-on-thermal-power-plant-in-2025-minister-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">foiled a Russian cyberattack<\/a> targeting a thermal power plant the previous year. The announcement came after Poland, <a href=\"https:\/\/industrialcyber.co\/__sentry?ctype=balanced&amp;uri=\/industrial-cyber-attacks\/oslo-warns-of-escalating-russian-cyber-threat-after-dam-breach-citing-moscow-as-biggest-risk-to-national-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Norway<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/denmark-concern-russia-threats-us-interest-greenland\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Denmark<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/industrialcyber.co\/industrial-cyber-attacks\/latvias-sab-warns-of-russian-ics-cyber-threat-to-european-and-western-critical-infrastructure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Latvia<\/a> warned that Russia was targeting critical infrastructure across Europe.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the November 2025 attack on the Polish railway line, an alleged FSB plot to attack Poland&#8217;s energy grid a month later &#8220;could have caused 500,000 civilians to lose electricity&#8221; had it succeeded, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsc.gov.uk\/news\/uk-and-allies-urge-critical-sectors-to-improve-defences-against-russian-intelligence-targeting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> the U.K. government.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A spate of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/drones-europe-nato-airports-russia-hybrid-warfare-belgium-uk-anti-drone-troops\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">mysterious drone sightings near airports and military bases<\/a> across Western Europe has also widely been attributed to Russia, in addition to more blatant incursions into NATO airspace by Russian warplanes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some of America&#8217;s allies have said for months that Europe is in a gray zone between peace and war with Russia \u2014 accusing Moscow of escalating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-nato-allies-russia-hybrid-warfare-europe-cbs-sees-baltic-sea-exercise\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">&#8220;hybrid warfare.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<section 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